31 E EFIS - ECAM and INSTRUMENTS

A330- 200/300
TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL

A320 SERIES TO A330- 200/300 B1/B2
RR TRENT 700
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For Training Purposes Only
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A330-200/300 TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL
E EFIS/ECAM AND INSTRUMENTS

EIS
EIS General Description (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
EIS ECAM Advisory & Failure Mode Description (3) . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CMQ - SA family to A330-200/300 - T1 (Lvl 2&3) (RR Trent 700/ME) TABLE OF CONTENTS Mar 27, 2007
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EIS GENERAL DESCRIPTION (3)

GENERAL
The Electronic Instrument System (EIS) presents data to the pilots on six
identical and interchangeable Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) units.
This EIS is divided into 2 parts:
- the Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) composed of: 2 Primary
Flight Displays (PFDs), and 2 Navigation Displays (NDs).
- the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM) composed of:
an Engine/Warning Display (EWD), a System Display (SD) and attention
getters.
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GENERAL

EFIS
The EFIS information is presented in front of each pilot on a PFD and a
ND. The PFD displays the basic flight information required for short-term
flight. The ND displays the flight information required for navigation.
For each pilot, an EFIS control panel is supplied for the selection of
display modes. An EFIS switching panel for each pilot is also supplied
for reconfiguration purposes.
EFIS

EFIS (continued)
PFD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL
The PFD is divided into several zones. The ATTITUDE and
GUIDANCE area presents the aircraft symbols for pitch and roll angle
indications, flight path and the drift angle. Heading marks are
displayed just under the horizon line if the pitch angle, roll angle and
heading information is valid. It also displays the guidance symbols
(FD bars), via the FD P/BSW on the EFIS control panel. If the FD is
off, a selected heading (or track) cyan symbol is displayed on the
horizon line.
The AIRSPEED scale presents speed information plus significant
limits such as, protection and target. The MACH number can also be
presented. The HEADING scale presents the aircraft heading and
track. The VERTICAL SPEED scale presents the aircraft descent or
climb rate. The ALTITUDE scale presents the altitude according to
the baro reference setting on the EFIS control panel. The
TRAJECTORY DEVIATION presents the lateral and vertical
deviation of the aircraft in approach phase as well as the ILS/DME
station characteristics by pressing in the LS P/BSW on the EFIS
control panel. The FLIGHT MODE ANNUNCIATOR (FMA) provides
the pilot with the various active or armed Auto Flight System (AFS)
modes.
EFIS - PFD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL


EFIS (continued)
ND PRESENTATION AND CONTROL
The ND presents navigation information with 5 different modes
selectable by the crew on the EFIS control panel. An ENGINE
STANDBY mode is also available. These different selectable modes
are:
- ROSE ILS,
- ROSE VOR,
- ROSE NAV,
- ARC,
- PLAN,
- ENG.
EFIS - ND PRESENTATION AND CONTROL


ECAM
The ECAM information is presented on the center instrument panel on
an EWD and a SD. The EWD displays engine parameters, Fuel On Board
(FOB), slat and flap position, warnings and memo messages. The SD
displays synoptic giving the configuration of various aircraft systems.
The ECAM controls are provided by the ECAM Control Panel (ECP)
for display and by the ECAM switching panel for reconfiguration. The
pilot's attention is drawn by:
- 2 MASTER CAUTion, 2 MASTER WARNing, and 2 AUTOLAND
warning lights.
- audio signals and auto call out (synthetic voices) are broadcast by 2
loudspeakers.
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ECAM

ECAM (continued)
EWD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL
The EWD, also called upper ECAM display, is divided into 2 areas.
The upper area displays primary parameters:
- engine primary parameters,
- FOB,
- slats/flaps position.
The lower area displays:
- warning and caution messages
- secondary failures and memo messages.
The ECP enables the pilot to adjust the brightness and ECAM control.
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ECAM - EWD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL


ECAM (continued)
SD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL
The SD, also called lower ECAM display, is divided into two areas.
The upper area displays system or status pages, which are called
automatically or manually through the ECP.
The lower area displays the permanent data:
- Total Air Temperature (TAT),
- Static Air Temperature (SAT),
- delta International Standard Atmosphere (ISA),
- Gross Weight (GW),
- Center of Gravity (GWCG) and,
- Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
NOTE: The delta ISA indication is only displayed when the standard
altitude mode is selected on CAPT side.
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ECAM - SD PRESENTATION AND CONTROL


EIS ARCHITECTURE
The EIS is an avionics system connected to most of the aircraft systems
to fulfill the EFIS and ECAM functions. The EIS comprises 7 computers:
- 3 identical and interchangeable Display Management Computers
(DMCs),
- 2 identical and interchangeable Flight Warning Computers (FWCs),
- 2 identical and interchangeable System Data Acquisition Concentrators
(SDACs).
It also comprises 6 LCD units. The LCD units have the capability to
compute and generate the symbols to be displayed from data, sent by the
DMCs. On A340-500 and A340-600 aircrafts, it is also possible to display
video image.
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EIS ARCHITECTURE

EIS ARCHITECTURE (continued)
EFIS
The 3 DMCs can be considered as data concentrators. Throughout a
flight, the DMCs collect and process aircraft system data necessary
for the aircraft handling operation and navigation. These data are sent
to the crew respectively on the PFD and ND. The PFD presents short
term data and the ND presents long term data. The DMC 1 normally
drives the CAPT PFD and ND. The DMC 2 normally drives the F/O
PFD and ND. The DMC 3 is in standby and can be used in case of
DMC 1 or/and 2 failure.
The EFIS reconfiguration (DMCs and LCD units) can be achieved
either automatically or manually through the EFIS switching panels.

Three main types of reconfiguration are considered for EFIS:
- in case of single or multiple LCD units failure,
- in case of single or multiple DMC failure,
- in case of external computer information source failure.
LCD units also receive weather radar (WXR) signals, Enhanced
Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) terrain image and video
signals from taxi cameras.
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EIS ARCHITECTURE - EFIS


EIS ARCHITECTURE (continued)
ECAM
The ECAM function is achieved by the SDACs and the FWCs. The
Flight Warning System (FWS) provides operational assistance during
normal and abnormal configurations of the aircraft systems. The
ECAM is used for management purposes of these systems. The SDACs
fulfill 3 main functions:
- data acquisition from the aircraft systems,
- data concentration,
- data digitizing to be sent to the DMCs for display on the SD.
The DMCs directly receives aircraft systems data for display on the
upper part of the EWD. The SDACs receive and digitize aircraft
system information concerning amber cautions and transmit it to the
FWCs. The FWCs fulfill 3 main functions:
- data acquisition from some main aircraft systems,
- data warning computation (all warnings, memos, status),
- flight phase computation according to the aircraft configuration.
The FWCs directly receive aircraft system data concerning red
warnings and generate memos. They generate all warning messages
and activate attention getters (MASTER WARN/MASTER CAUT
and AUTOLAND) as well as audio signals and auto call outs (synthetic
voices) broadcast by two loudspeakers (no volume control for the
audio signals). The DMC 3 normally drives the EWD and the SD.
The DMC 1 and DMC 2 are in standby and can be used in case of
DMC 3 failure.
The ECAM reconfiguration (DMCs and LCD units) can be achieved
either automatically or manually through the ECAM switching panel.
The SD also receives a video signal from the taxi cameras.
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EIS ARCHITECTURE - ECAM


REDUNDANCY
A great redundancy between systems is used to minimize the loss of
information. The fully redundant architecture of the FWS allows it to be
transparent to any single internal failure. With the EIS architecture, a
single SDAC failure associated to a single FWC and 2 DMCs failures,
it is still possible to display EFIS and ECAM information on the LCD
units. In the case of a single SDAC failure associated to a single FWC
failure, the ECAM system continues to operate.
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REDUNDANCY
EIS ECAM ADVISORY & FAILURE MODE DESCRIPTION (3)

GENERAL
The Flight Warning Computers (FWCs) directly activate the crew
attention getters (aural and visual) and send the warning messages to the
Display Management Computers (DMCs) for display. These attention
getters, located on the glareshield, are the red MASTER WARNing
indicator and the amber MASTER CAUTion indicator as well as aural
sounds through the loudspeaker.
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GENERAL

ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION
The alerts are classified in three levels. They depend on the importance
and urgency of the corrective actions required.
LEVEL 1: alert advisory, without attention getters.
LEVEL 2: cautions, with attention getters (MASTER CAUT and sound).
LEVEL 3: red warnings, (highest priority), with attention getters
(MASTER WARN + sound).
At each level, the alert messages are also classified by priority order. To
explain the different levels of the alert classification, we will assume that
you are in flight and everything is normal.
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ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION


ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION (continued)
LEVEL 1: ALERT ADVISORY
This corresponds to a configuration requiring crew monitoring, i.e.
mainly failures leading to a loss of redundancy or degradation of a
system. These alerts do not trigger any attention getters (visual and
audio), but the related messages are displayed in amber on the EWD.
The SD will display synoptic of affected system, if any.
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ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION - LEVEL 1: ALERT ADVISORY


LEVEL 2: CAUTIONS
This corresponds to an abnormal configuration of the aircraft, leading
to an immediate crew awareness, but not necessarily an immediate
crew corrective action. This level of alert is mainly for system failures,
which have no immediate consequences on safety. These cautions are
generally associated with a Single Chime (aural alert) and a MASTER
CAUT amber light (steady visual alert).
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ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION - LEVEL 2: CAUTIONS


LEVEL 3: WARNINGS (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
A level 3 message corresponds to an emergency configuration, a level
3 alert is triggered with the MASTER WARN flashing lights, a chime
associated to the failure and a warning message. The crew must take
corrective action.
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ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION - LEVEL 3: WARNINGS (HIGHEST PRIORITY)


STATUS MESSAGES
The status page indicates the A/C operational summary after a failure.
This information is reported through a list of procedures, limitations
and a list of inoperative systems. The status page appears during the
normal sequence done by the flight crew to clear the message. It also
appears automatically at slat/flap deployment on approach. The status
page also presents the name of systems affected by a class 2 fault
under the title MAINTENANCE. Those defects require further
maintenance action and are also reported through the Central
Maintenance System (CMS).
The STATUS page is displayed when the crew presses, on the ECAM
Control Panel (ECP):
- the CLR key for the last time after a failure presentation,
- or the STS key.
A white boxed STS reminder on the EWD reminds the crew that the
status page is not empty. After engine shutdown, this STS reminder
may flash if a class 2 fault (MAINTENANCE) is reported.
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ECAM ALERT CLASSIFICATION - STATUS MESSAGES


AUDIO SIGNALS
This topic presents the different audio signals generated by the FWC and
the manner of cancellation.
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AUDIO SIGNALS

ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE
The failures displayed may be of three different types, without depending
on their classification:
- an independent failure,
- a primary failure,
- a secondary failure.
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ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE


ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE (continued)
INDEPENDENT FAILURE
When a warning appears as an independent failure, it is a failure which
affects an isolated system or a piece of equipment without affecting
another one. For example: a FWC 1 failure.
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ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE - INDEPENDENT FAILURE


PRIMARY FAILURE
A primary failure is a failure of a system or a function which affect
other systems or equipment. For example, the green hydraulic system
failure leads to the loss of a pair of spoilers. Note that a primary failure
is displayed with a box around the failure in red or amber.
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ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE - PRIMARY FAILURE


SECONDARY FAILURE
A secondary failure is the loss of a system or an item of equipment
resulting from a primary failure. For example, the loss of a pair of
spoilers following the loss of green hydraulic system (hydraulic system
deactivation). The titles of the system pages corresponding to the
secondary failures are indicated on the lower right part of the EWD.
They are displayed in amber with an asterisk. Note that this right part
can also be used if necessary to display heading titles of warnings if
the left part of the EWD is full.
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ECAM TYPE OF FAILURE - SECONDARY FAILURE


ECAM ADVISORY AND FAILURE MODE
DUAL DISPLAY MODE
The advisory mode enables the value of some critical system
parameters to be monitored, and give to the flight crew some way to
bring their attention to the drifting parameter.
When the value drifts from its normal range, the corresponding ECAM
page is displayed automatically and the affected parameter pulses.
For example, the cabin altitude increases above its normal value, but
is still well below the threshold of the warning. The CAB PRESS
page appears automatically with a pulsing value for the cabin altitude.
In this case the crew may revert to manual pressure control and prevent
warning activation.
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ECAM ADVISORY AND FAILURE MODE - DUAL DISPLAY MODE


ECAM ADVISORY AND FAILURE MODE (continued)
SINGLE DISPLAY MODE
In single display mode (one ECAM Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
unit remaining), a white ADV message pulses at the bottom of the
EWD to attract crew attention. The corresponding system page cannot
be displayed automatically on the SD. The pilot has to push and hold
the associated system flashing key on the ECP to check the system
on the ECAM page.
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ECAM ADVISORY AND FAILURE MODE - SINGLE DISPLAY MODE


ECAM OPERATIONS ENGINEERING BULLETIN
When a warning and/or a status is affected by an Operating Engineering
Bulletin, a message is displayed to remind the crew that an Operating
Engineering Bulletin exists and that they must refer to the Quick
Reference Handbook to get access to the correct procedure.
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